Jun 11, 2024
David Halperin, How to Be Gay, 2012:
"Thus, a man who arouses your desire initially appears to you as a pure archetype, as an embodiment of the masculine erotic value that makes him attractive. In your perception, he is the jock, the paratrooper, the boy next door. But as soon as you have him, he becomes an individual instead of an essence, an ordinary queen instead of a Platonic ideal. He ceases to be pure Beauty and starts to become Camp. He becomes a sister. So you stop sleeping with him. He may continue to frequent the gym, but he might as well be working out in high heels, so far as you are now concerned."
Joe Biden, Private Circle Tweet, 2022:
